WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 1-16-26 (2/3)

Episode Date: January 16, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Mark Mellinger. As the clashes between protesters and immigration and customs enforcement or ICE agents, Ray John in Minneapolis, President Trump is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act and send in the military to restore order. The Insurrection Act allows a president to deploy military assets to restore civil order. Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nome says she's talked with Trump about invoking it. He certainly has the constitutional authority to utilize that. My hope is that this leadership team at Minnesota will start to work with us to get criminals off the streets. Protests have been going on for more than a week now in response to an ICE agent's fatal shooting of protester Renee Good.

The White House insists the shooting was in self-defense because Good was driving a vehicle toward the agent at close range, actually striking him, protesters dispute that the agent's life was in danger. Several Democrat-led state legislatures are now pushing for new restrictions on ice activity. Lawmakers in states like California and New Jersey are proposing bills with a wide variety of provisions, ranging from blocking state police from cooperating with ICE to forbidding local and state officers from holding second jobs with the Department of Homeland Security. Chris Swanson, who's running in the Democratic primary for Michigan governor, says clashes between protesters and ICE in Minnesota have the nation on. on edge. The country is uneasy. They are not at peace. There's a better way to do all of this.

Meantime, Deep Red Tennessee is going the other direction. Lawmakers there are proposing bills in full support of President Trump's immigration crackdown. He is calling it the great health care plan. President Trump Thursday unveiled his administration's answer to rising health care costs. At its core, the plan would create a policy sending payments directly to American families to their health care costs. That's instead of the current system, which sends federal subsidies to insurance companies on behalf of those families. The government is going to pay the money directly to you. It goes to you, and then you take the money and buy your own health care. But critics say the plan falls short of addressing rising premiums. Trump called on Congress to quickly take up the

plan and pass it. The U.S. and Taiwan have reached a deal limiting tariffs, imposes. on Taiwanese goods. Taiwan will work with the U.S. to boost the semiconductor supply chain by establishing world-class industrial parks. In return, the tariff rate on Taiwanese goods imported into the U.S. will total no more than 15%. For World Radio, I'm Mark Mellinger. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit worldradiot.new. Additional support comes from Medashear, where today the $100 application for will be waived for a limited time. Medashare.com

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